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After GameStop, don’t shut-out day traders, says ISLA CEO

12 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

“Opening-up of markets to retail investors must include a commitment from regulators and politicians to empower its citizens through the development of greater financial fluency, that will build the trust that is needed for these markets to reach the

Eurex Lending CCP to close

11 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Alongside unsustainable volumes on the Lending CCP, Eurex has cited external hurdles including new regulations, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic as driving down clearing adoption on the priority lists of potential clients

Euronext reports exceptional surge on its post trade revenue

11 February 2021 The Netherlands
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Higher clearing revenue and consolidation of Danish CSD VP Securities drove a 69.1 per cent increase in post trade revenue

Ample IPOs should drive bumper revenue in 2021, says Northern Trust

10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

In a recent Northern Trust webinar, the bank's head of North American equity securities lending trading predicted that a surplus of capital and the pent-up IPO and M&A pipeline from 2020 will bring a flurry arbitrage opportunities

China may become one of the biggest securities lending markets, says PASLA

10 February 2021 China
Reporter: Natalie Turner

PASLA and major custodians predict China will see radical growth in its securities finance markets once international investors get comfortable on the mainland

Cum-ex suspect put on Interpol 'most wanted' list

09 February 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Europol and Interpol today issued red notices for former-HypoVereinsbank employee Paul Mora in a bid to force him to face tax fraud charges in Germany

GameStop was January’s biggest earner, global revenue starts strong

04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

According to IHS Markit, January was most revenue generating month for US equity finance on record, with $41 million of the $453 million total coming from GameStop’s short squeeze

MarketAxess reveals increase in the monthly trading volume for January 2020

04 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for January 2021 totalled $575.3 billion, which consisted of $236.5 billion in credit volume and $338.8 billion in rates volume

WeMatch appoints Shane Martin

04 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Martin has joined WeMatch from JPMorgan Chase to take on the newly-created role of head of sales, securities finance

OCC sees securities lending activity increase YoY for January

03 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Average daily volume of securities lending trades spiked in January along with a modest uptick in new loans

Euroclear, CDCC and CDS to develop collateral management service for Canada

02 February 2021 Canada
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The utilisation of CDS’ Post-Trade Modernisation settlement platform and Euroclear’s Collateral Highway will enable market participants to mobilise collateral assets across repo, securities lending, cleared and uncleared margin accounts

Don’t miss the impact of convertible hedging in AMC short interest, says IHS Markit

02 February 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Convertible hedging may have increased amid the surging share price, which partly explains the increase in share borrowing despite the apparent “face-melting short squeeze,” says IHS Markit’s Sam Pierson

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